This week, Chase Crispin concludes his series on the Refreshabraille 18 from The American Printing House for the Blind. Next, Dean Martineau shows us how to rearrange apps on the home screen of IOS devices such as the iPod Touch, the iPhone, and the iPad. Finally, we learn about Travel One cruises courtesy of the Serotalk blog and podcast from the 2010 ACB convention. Main Menu once again has a comment line that you can call at (206) 339-0954. Your comments may be played on the air.

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This week, we begin with another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Then, Raul Gallegos presents part two of his series on using Thunderbird, an e-mail client for Windows.

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On this week's show, Mary Emerson reviews the Olympus DM 4 digital voice recorder.

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This week, Darrell Shandrow continues his ACB 2010 coverage by interviewing two staff members of BookShare. Then, Chase Crispin demonstrates how to connect the Refreshabraille 18 from The American Printing House for the Blind with an Icon and a Braille Plus.

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On this week's show, Darrell Shandrow concludes his interview with Nancy Miracle of Digital Miracles about Digit-Eyes, a bar-code-scanning app for the iPhone. Next, we hear an interview from Serotek's coverage of the ACB 2010 convention. In this interview, we hear about some great deals from Independent Living Aids. Finally, Chase Crispin begins a series on the RefreshaBraille 18 Braille display from The American Printing House for the Blind.

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This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Next, Darrell Shandrow begins a two-part interview with Nancy Miracle of Digital Miracles about Digit-Eyes, a bar-code-scanning app for the iPhone designed especially for the blind. Conducted at the 2010 ACB national convention, this interview covers many topics including some general background information about bar codes, a demonstration of the proper use of Digit-Eyes, information about how to focus the iPhone for taking good pictures, tips on how to insert labels properly into printers, and a sneak peek at upcoming products from Digital Miracles. We also hear a fascinating story about how a mainstream developer became aware of the need for products designed for the blind.

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This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Next, Steve Bauer and Chris Cook discuss and demonstrate an accessible HD radio from Dice Electronics. Finally, we conclude our portion of Rick Harmon's look at Qwitter version 4.

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This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Then Stephen Clower gives us an in-depth demonstration of Miranda, a popular multi-protocol chat client for Windows. We will continue our discussion of Qwitter with Rick Harmon on a future show.

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This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Next, we conclude our look at accessing DVR from Dish Network. Finally, Rick Harmon begins a series discussing version 4 of the popular Twitter client Qwitter.

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On this week's edition of Main Menu, high school student Tyler Juranek continues a series of short reviews he calls "Techie Tidbits." Next, we visit with Grant Hewson and Penny Gardner about Accomplish Cash Manager, finance management software for both business and home use. Finally, Matt Roberts continues his demonstration on accessing DVR from Dish Network using a Windows PC and the iPhone. Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that's Fridays at 9:00 Eastern in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php

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